Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
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Virginia Department of Health
 
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State Board of Health
 
chapter
Regulations for the Immunization of School Children [12 VAC 5 ‑ 110]
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10/17/21  7:15 pm
Commenter: Benjamin Stockdale

Vaccine Mandates for students lacks causal burden
 

The Science of this vaccination effort lacks scientific burden. The instance of serious illness in children is nearly non-existent. This is a solution trying to manufacture a problem and could very well result in negative impacts to the thousands of children unnecessarily subject to a new, wonderful scientific breakthrough (mRNA) that does not have the historical depth of data to ensure the short-term or long-term effects.

 

The vaccination neither significantly inhibits development of the virus or transmission of the virus. It's only, singular, benefit is reduced hospitalization and symptoms... both of which the Science indicates are already so significantly  reduced in the under-18 cadre as to render the question of vaccination in school aged children moot. 

 

The OP may have the best intentions (or is someone else on a power trip) but their rationale has no root in actual science or statistics gathered about SARS-CoV-2.

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